cancer

Aspirin May Lower Risk of Skin Cancer in Women

Posted on 03/12/2013 by Candy Sagon | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthOlder women who took aspirin at least twice a week had a lower risk of developing melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer, a new study finds. The study, published in the journal Cancer, looked at melanoma in about 60,000 Caucasian women ages 50 to 79, reported National Public Radio (NPR). (Researchers focused on light-skinned people because they’re at the highest risk for this type of cancer.) Over a 12-year period — and after controlling for risk factors like tanning and …

Were Lance Armstrong’s Lies Justified?

Posted on 01/18/2013 by David Whitehead | Philanthropy & Fundraising | Comments

Personal Health | Volunteering | Your LifeBetrayed. That’s the only way to express the feelings I have as I track Lance Armstrong’s “process of confession.” In fact, I was so upset I couldn’t bring myself to watch the Oprah interview last night, which, in addition to “coming clean” had to include some justification for why he spent nearly two decades lying, attacking his denouncers and systematically deceiving a community of cycling supporters and fans. (I am one of them.) I am an avid cyclist. I cycle …

Gilda’s Club Name Change Insult to Late Comedian?

Posted on 11/30/2012 by Associated Press | General News | Comments

Bulletin TodayBy Dinesh Ramde and Scott Bauer of The Associated Press MIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) — Remember Roseanne Roseannadana? Or Emily Litella? Or Baba Wawa? Younger generations might not recognize the characters popularized by comedian Gilda Radner. Nor might they remember Radner herself, an original cast member of “Saturday Night Live” who died 23 years ago and for whom a national cancer support group is named. That’s troubling to the Madison-area chapter of Gilda’s Club, which decided to change its name in …

Aspirin Helps Some Colon Cancer Patients Live Longer

Posted on 10/26/2012 by Candy Sagon | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthIt’s one of the oldest, cheapest drugs around, which makes it even more remarkable that humble aspirin helped dramatically cut the death rate among people with a specific kind of colon cancer, compared with those who didn’t take aspirin, new research shows. Harvard researchers in a large, government-funded study found that among patients whose tumors had a PIK3CA gene mutation — the cause of about 15 to 20 percent of colorectal tumors — regularly taking aspirin cut the risk of …

Multivitamins, Men and Cancer: New Study Shows Small Benefit

Posted on 10/17/2012 by Candy Sagon | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthThe first major study of long-term daily multivitamin use by nearly 15,000 older men found that it has a modest effect in reducing overall cancer but not, unfortunately, in lowering the risk for prostate cancer. The study was published online today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, to coincide with the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Anaheim. Multivitamins are the most common dietary supplement, regularly taken by at least one-third of U.S. adults. Although there has …

Buy Pink and Support Breast Cancer Research

Posted on 10/8/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Beauty & FashionOctober is officially Breast Cancer Awareness Month and many people are supporting their family, friends and others who have encountered the disease with the purchase of products that align with the cause. With pink being the official color for the cause, many retailers are generating limited edition pieces emblazoned with tints and shades of the hue while also donating all or a portion of the sales to the initiative. Here are a few items worth considering. Scarf Vera Bradley …